Most on food stamps are working

1:29 AM,
Jan. 17, 2014

Written by

Russ Zimmer
CentralOhio.com

About 2,500 Ohioans have been kicked off food stamps for not satisfying a newly enforced work requirement, far fewer than what was initially feared.

The clock started ticking Oct. 1, when the state counted more than 140,000 "able-bodied adults without dependent children" who were required to prove that they spent 20 hours a week working, taking a job training program or volunteering to continue to receive the benefit. It applies to adults between ages 18 and 50 who are neither pregnant nor have dependent children younger than 18.